Project Description
Project DescriptionLandscape Architecture students created an environmental education facility at the Fox Hollow French School in the south hills of Eugene, Oregon. University of Oregon studentscollaberated with staff, students, parents, and teachers at Fox Hollow to design and build an outdoor classroom that incorporated a kiosk, boardwalk, accessible path system, irrigation system, and a 2,500 square-foot wetland. The predominantly native plantings offer Fox Hollow students a wonderful opportunity for hands-on learning in the sciences as well as in arts and language. The site is also seen as an asset by the school's neighbors, who value it as a resource for walking, relaxing, or watching wildlife when school isn't in session.
In October of 1996, UO students worked with 200 children from the school to plant over 1,000 native plants in the newly constucted wetland. The work has been lauded by Eugene School District 4J as a model for other schools in the district. Faculty members from Fox Hollow and the UO are developing a joint monitoring program involving elementary and university students and the faculty members in recording the ecological evolution of the newly created wetland.
The project was funded by the parent's council at the school and attracted numerous donations from local businesses, illustrating the level of community support and goodwill that design/build projects have generated toward the university and the School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
Process OverviewThe schedule for the studio roughly followed this path:
Images of the ProjectClick on the title to see the GIF image
- Planting the wetland with students from Fox Hollow
- The teachers and students celebrate a job well done
Site currently under significant amount of construction, and will be for quite a while.
Copyright 1998 Stan Jones. All rights reserved.
sij@darkwing.uoregon.edu
